Most of you have seen my signature line and we do kid a bit about the ornery one but today I want people to see my lovely wife in a different manner.
Before leaving for the hospital I took the Mrs. in a back field and had her plow a couple of spots so she could get used to using the snow blade. She done well. I also suggested she use low range as I felt she would be more comfortable with the slower speed. She is not the most coordinated person in the world and neither am I but I really did not want her having a bad experience.
So picture this: Wife only practiced a little bit with pushing snow. Although she kept complaining to me when she picked me up that she thought she plowed the driveway wider, when we got home it looked great to me! But then yesterday, she goes out and starts up the atv again and plows out more around the mailbox! Then she also widened the driveway. I think she did a great job.
But what about keeping warm? After all, we have no backup heat so she could not just turn up the thermostat. I came home to a very warm house! Also I still have not put wood in since I got home. She is doing it all. I think I'll keep that lady around for a few more years.
(As I was typing the above I kept thinking of the threads we've had where folks are afraid to run the wood stoves when they are not home! Think of my wife! She did okay and also was not afraid to leave the house and wood stove to drive 40 miles one-way just to visit me. Again, she did just fine.)
There is a picture of my redhead and me along with a few other hearth.com folks and a lot of Woodstock folks. I'm the guy wearing the purple vest and my redhead is on my right. Those are some of our grandkids in front of us. lol No those are some of Slow1's kids in front of us. Slow1 is in the front row holding one of his boys. His wife is in the top row on the far right and Tony (fire_man) is next to her.
Before leaving for the hospital I took the Mrs. in a back field and had her plow a couple of spots so she could get used to using the snow blade. She done well. I also suggested she use low range as I felt she would be more comfortable with the slower speed. She is not the most coordinated person in the world and neither am I but I really did not want her having a bad experience.
So picture this: Wife only practiced a little bit with pushing snow. Although she kept complaining to me when she picked me up that she thought she plowed the driveway wider, when we got home it looked great to me! But then yesterday, she goes out and starts up the atv again and plows out more around the mailbox! Then she also widened the driveway. I think she did a great job.
But what about keeping warm? After all, we have no backup heat so she could not just turn up the thermostat. I came home to a very warm house! Also I still have not put wood in since I got home. She is doing it all. I think I'll keep that lady around for a few more years.
(As I was typing the above I kept thinking of the threads we've had where folks are afraid to run the wood stoves when they are not home! Think of my wife! She did okay and also was not afraid to leave the house and wood stove to drive 40 miles one-way just to visit me. Again, she did just fine.)
There is a picture of my redhead and me along with a few other hearth.com folks and a lot of Woodstock folks. I'm the guy wearing the purple vest and my redhead is on my right. Those are some of our grandkids in front of us. lol No those are some of Slow1's kids in front of us. Slow1 is in the front row holding one of his boys. His wife is in the top row on the far right and Tony (fire_man) is next to her.
